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Hello, this is my second ever attempt at writing a program. It is essentially a model of an economics paper I wrote. However, when I run it, after I enter the tax value it skips all the other inputs and then delivers an output.

What I am missing?

Code:

#include <cstdio>
#include <cstdlib>
#include <iostream>
using namespace std;

int main(int nNumberofArgs, char* pszArgs[])

{
    // Enter the tax
    int tax;
    cout << "Enter the tax rate [0,1]: "
    cin >> tax;

    // Enter the gdp (millions)
    int gdp;
    cout << "Enter the gdp level (millions): "
    cin >> gdp;

    // Enter the population (millions)
    int pop;
    cout << "Enter the population (millions: ";
    cin >> pop;

    // Enter the inflation rate
    int inflation;
    cout << "Enter the inflation rate: ";
    cin >> inflation;

    // Enter the openness
    int open;
    cout << "Enter the openness rate [0,1]: ";
    cin >> open;

    int intercept;
    intercept = 1.079;


    // Calculate FDI
    int fdi;
    fdi = intercept + tax * 2.24 + gdp * 1.786 + pop * 0.002 + inflation * -0.048 + open * 0.029;

    // Output the results (followed by NewLine)
    cout << "Fdi is: ";
    cout << fdi << endl;

    // wait until user is ready before terminating program
    // to allow the user to see the program results
    system("PAUSE");
    return 0;
}

Please provide your real code. Aside from syntax errors, this code does not produce the problem you are specifying.

This is a ctrl+a and copy & paste of the entire code. Unless there is another window I am missing?

Code:

//
//  FDI Calculator
//
//
//
#include <cstdio>
#include <cstdlib>
#include <iostream>
using namespace std;

int main(int nNumberofArgs, char* pszArgs[])

{
    // Enter the tax
    int tax;
    cout << "Enter the tax rate [0,1]: ";
    cin >> tax;

    // Enter the gdp (millions)
    int gdp;
    cout << "Enter the gdp level (millions): ";
    cin >> gdp;

    // Enter the population (millions)
    int pop;
    cout << "Enter the population (millions: ";
    cin >> pop;

    // Enter the inflation rate
    int inflation;
    cout << "Enter the inflation rate: ";
    cin >> inflation;

    // Enter the openness
    int open;
    cout << "Enter the openness rate [0,1]: ";
    cin >> open;

    int intercept;
    intercept = 1.079;


    // Calculate FDI
    int fdi;
    fdi = intercept + tax * 2.24 + gdp * 1.786 + pop * 0.002 + inflation * -0.048 + open * 0.029;

    // Output the results (followed by NewLine)
    cout << "Fdi is: ";
    cout << fdi << endl;

    // wait until user is ready before terminating program
    // to allow the user to see the program results
    system("PAUSE");
    return 0;
}

This one runs fine, as well. No problems.

Weird. When I hit 'Run', I can only enter one value, it just skips past the rest...

You're reading tax rate as an integer, but prompting for a value between 0 and 1.

I assume you're entering a value between zero and 1, such as .95

Entering .95 will mean the decimal point is encountered first, the first read will complete, and the decimal point will be left in the stream until the next read. Since all the other input values are also being read as integers .....

Spot on. I should have seen that.

Hi, I have a new problem with the same program so I thought I would keep it in here. So far I have:

Code:

//
//  FDI Calculator
//
//
//
#include <cstdio>
#include <cstdlib>
#include <iostream>
#include <stdio.h>
#include <math.h>
using namespace std;

int main(int nNumberofArgs, char* pszArgs[])

{
    double     intercept;
    double     gdp;
    int        pop;
    double     inf;
    int        fdi;
    double     tax;
    double     open;
    int        country;

    cout << "Welcome to the FDI Calculator ";
    system("PAUSE");

    // Choice of country

    cout << "Enter your choice of country, ie. 8 = 'Ireland': ";
    cin  >> country;

    switch (country)
    {
        case 8:
            fdi =       11979;
            tax =       0.125;
            gdp =       201.93;
            pop =       4;
            inf =       118.38;
            open =      151.44;
            break;

        default:
            fdi =       0;
            tax =       0;
            gdp =       0;
            pop =       0;
            inf =       0;
            open =      0;
    }

    // Calculate current expected FDI

    cout << "Current expected FDI for this country is: ";
    fdi << endl;


    // Enter the tax
    double newtax;
    cout << "Enter your proposed tax rate [0,1]: ";
    cin >> newtax;


    intercept = 1.079;


    // Calculate FDI
    double logfdi;
    logfdi = intercept + log(newtax) * -2.24 + log(gdp) * 1.786 + log(pop) * 0.002 + log(inf) * -0.048 + log(open) * 0.029;

    // Output the results (followed by NewLine)
    cout << "% Change in Fdi is: ";
    cout << logfdi << endl;

    system("PAUSE");

    int oldfdi;
    cout << "Enter current FDI [bea]: ";
    cin >> oldfdi;

    double newfdi;
    newfdi = oldfdi*(1+(logfdi/100));

    cout << "FDI levels are now: ";
    cout << newfdi << endl;

    // wait until user is ready before terminating program
    // to allow the user to see the program results
    system("PAUSE");
    return 0;
}

When I attempt to build this I get:


C:\Beginning_Programming-CPP\FDI_Elasticity\main.cpp||In function 'int main(int, char**)':|
C:\Beginning_Programming-CPP\FDI_Elasticity\main.cpp|56|error: invalid operands of types 'int' and '<unresolved overloaded function type>' to binary 'operator<<'|
||=== Build finished: 1 errors, 0 warnings ===|


What am I doing wrong here?

Thanks

I assume this is it:

Code:

cout << "Current expected FDI for this country is: ";
fdi << endl;

You are attempting to use fdi as if it were a stream. You need to replace the ; on the line immediately above it with the extraction operator ( << )

That's it, thank you!